The cardinal met the charge of papal silence by citing the numerous occasions on which Benedict had spoken for peace, in behalf of prisoners of war, and against the cruelties perpetrated against noncombatants.
But the powerful congregation, which Benedict, then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, led for years under John Paul II, seemed weakened, or even ignored, under Francis.
Nominated for: The Imitation Game, the code-breaking drama in which Benedict Cumberbatch plays Alan Turing, the British computing pioneer who cracked the German Enigma codes during World War Two.
Papal aides said the letter, in which Benedict said he was "truly sorry" for the suffering of victims, should be read as applying to other countries.
Still, there is one sense in which Benedict succeeded.
The upshot of the resulting debate, though, was an improvement in Catholic-Muslim relations, for which Pope Benedict deserves some credit.
In 2005, he anchored ABC's coverage of the death of Pope John Paul II and the election of Pope Benedict XVI, for which the network was recognized with an Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award for broadcast journalism.
MD 231 crosses the Patuxent River on the Benedict Bridge, which connects Benedict in eastern Charles County with Hallowing Point in central Calvert County.
In-demand events for which tickets are available on the resale sites include the forthcoming production of Hamlet starring Benedict Cumberbatch at the Barbican in London.
An audit of 40 ICU patients for which the ideal feeding target was calculated by the Harris Benedict equation.
